Section 65 — Freedom of Information Act 2000: Decisions as to refusal of discretionary disclosure of historical records.

Decisions as to refusal of discretionary disclosure of historical records. 65 1 Before refusing a request for information relating to information which is contained in a historical record and is exempt information only by virtue of a provision not specified in section 2(3), a public authority shall—

a if the historical record is a public record within the meaning of the Public Records Act 1958, consult the Secretary of State , or b if the historical record is a public record to which the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 applies, consult the appropriate Northern Ireland Minister.

2 This section does not apply to information to which section 66 applies.